Originally Posted by
Tadpole
This is far from one sided.
Sleepy has (had):
- Tons more gold (x2 minimum). Allowing for 40% homes pump on core. Leaving 1-2k gcpa after nearly 0 PPA train. As opposed to CR where several core provs couldn't even afford training up past 9-10 EPA.
- Tons more sci (x2 sci advantage, not counting stacked up sci on sleepy). Banks @ 700-800 BPA as compared to 200-400 on CR. Mystics and Rogues at 90-160 % in thievery/magic for Sleepy. 80-100% for CR. All this before potential sci stack investment by Sleepy.
- A vastly superior core
- Prepped banks
CR has (had)
- Huge gold shortage
- Less, newly explored and under-trained banks and halflings
- Under-prepped Orcs that randomed 48h prior to notice drop. And due to bad hitting got retaled quite a bit too.
CR is bigger (mostly empty acres from recent explore), has a nice spread and several hard to hit provs between core and banks, and imo a better warring setup in more rogues and a WH/Cleric split as opposed to merch core on sleepy. But the disadvantages in pump and prep may prove difficult to overcome on CRs behalf.
It's an open fight, and will be interesting to follow for sure :)